Golden Eagles host Buffalo in four-game weekend series; Friday's game moved to 4:30

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech baseball team returns
home for a four-game series against Mid-American Conference foe
Buffalo beginning with a single game on Friday at 3 p.m. The series
will continue on Saturday with a double-header starting at 1 p.m.,
and conclude with a single-game on Sunday at noon.

The Golden Eagles enter the series at 5-7 overall after snapping a
five-game skid with a 14-13 win at South Alabama on March 10.
Buffalo is 5-4 overall entering the series. Friday’s meeting
will be the first in program history between the two schools.

Tech has a pair of hitters batting over .400 for the season. Chad
Hayes leads the team and is among the Ohio Valley Conference
leaders with a .438 batting average, while Chad Oberacker is
hitting .407 with a team-high 13 RBIs. A.J. Kirby-Jones is hitting
.342 on the year and has four home runs this season with a .711
slugging percentage and a team-high .525 on-base percentage.

Adam Liberatore, Lee Henry and Tristan Archer are each likely to
get a start on the mound for the Golden Eagles over the weekend.
Liberatore has three starts on the season with a 1-1 record and a
7.24 ERA. Liberatore has struck out 14 batters in 13.2 innings
pitched. Henry has appeared in four games including one start on
the season, and has a 1-0 record. In 10.0 innings pitched Henry has
allowed just one run for a 0.90 ERA with 12 strikeouts. Archer has
made three games for Tech this year and has a 6.23 ERA and a 1-0
record entering the weekend.

Tech has been productive at the plate this season, with two 20-hit
games already in 2010. The Golden Eagles are second in the OVC with
a .332 team batting average entering the weekend. Tech is 3-0 in
2010 when leading after the sixth inning.

The Golden Eagles will remain at home for a mid-week showdown
against East Tennessee State on March 17 before visiting Memphis
for a three-game series March 19-21. Admission to all Tech home
baseball games is free.